Students, Faculty, Staff Receive Awards at April 20 Celebration
Guilford presented a variety of awards, scholarships and honors during its spring awards celebration April 20. Following is a listing of recipients:
College Scholarships and Awards
Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award (student): Megan Snider
Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award (community): Donna Daniels Newton ’89
Bruce B. Stewart Award for Teaching Excellence: Karen Hayes ’78 (tenured), Kami Rowan (non-tenured)
Bruce B. Stewart Award for Community Service: David Walters
George I. Alden Scholarship: Kacey Minnick, Michael Gatton, Bonnie Hardie
Edward Flud Burrows Scholarship: Cedric Essah, Sarah-Jaana Nodell
David Caldwell Log College Award: Claire Massagee
Alan Walter Hull Scholarship: Deborah Stephens
Fred I. Courtney Fund for Scholars in Management: Jonathan Taylor, Sarah L. Bradburd
Charles A. Dana Scholars: Sarah Bentley, Brian Dooley, Claire Massagee, Donte Mitchell, Christina Shoffner, Daphne Murphy, Emily Willis, Bonnie Hardie, Katherine Maloney, Martha McGjee, Meg Holden, Yolanda Mason, Caroline Loftus
Dean’s Award for Creative Non-Fiction: Paul McCullough, Christina Crocker
Dean’s Award for First-year Writing: Christopher Denny
Dean’s Award for Scholarly/Academic Writing: Madeleine Straubel
Dean’s Award for Professional/Technical Writing: David Pferdekamper
GlaxoSmithKline Women in Science Scholarship: Grace Normann, Caroline Jonsson
Judith Weller Harvey Award in Campus Ministry: William Berry, Thomas Eaves
Charles C. Hendricks Scholarship: Claire Massagee
Eugene S. Hire Memorial Award: Debra Ryan
The Sue Keith Prize in Fiction: Meredith Luby
James S. Laing Art Scholarship: Altaire Anderson
Clyde A. Milner Academic Excellence Award: Claire Massagee
Algie I. and Eva M. Newlin Social Concerns Award: Kelsey McNicholas
Betty Place Prize in Poetry: Yezmin Villarreal
E. Garness Purdom Alumni Award: David C. Pferdekamper
Eric Reid Memorial Leadership Fund: Sarah Bentley
Hazel Steinfeldt/American Friends Service Committee Scholarship: Timothy Leisman, Silvana Marr-Madariaga
Van Leer-Campbell Scholarship: Jonathan Taylor, Lily Chunzhen Wotkyns
Merry Moor Winnett Art Scholarship in Photography: Leah Netsky
Nereus C. English Athletic Leadership Awards: Tobi Akensola, Courtney Kozar, Lauren LeFevers, Kyle Wooden
Departmental Awards
Accounting
Outstanding Achievement by an Accounting Student: Allison Adrienne Cole, Neliana Zhivkova Karaman, Andrew Scott Mense
Art
Guilford College Art Appreciation Club Merit Award: Erick Armbrust
Biology
Eva Campbell Scholarship: Alicia Bachman, Andrew Glass
Charles B. and Nancy Pringle Jones Scholarship: Samuel Kelly
Business Management
Outstanding Senior in Business Management: Dawn Anderson, Neliana Zhivkova Karaman,
Chemistry
Ted Benfey Senior Chemistry Award: Thomas (Coy) Eakes
CRC Freshman Chemistry Award: Sarah Mehta
Harvey A. & Maxine K. Ljung Scholarship: Garrett Tanner
Computer Information Systems
Outstanding Senior in Computer Information Systems: Maher Asad, Cory Scott Fulton
Outstanding Senior in Computing and Information Technology: Claire Massagee
Education Studies
Outstanding Achievement by a Senior: John Anderson, Morgan Andrews, Brian Daniel, Ramya Santanam
English
Leora Sherrill O’Callaghan Memorial Fund: Erin Reitz
Dorothy Lloyd Gilbert Awards (rising seniors): Chelsea Burris, Elizabeth Faquhar, Yezmin Villarreal
Dorothy Lloyd Gilbert Awards (graduating seniors): Christina Crocker, Ivy Lamb, Meredith Luby, Chelsea Rivas, Adam Romney
Outstanding Achievement by a Continuing Education Student: Lisa Tanico
Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies Department Scholarship: Chelsea Barbour, Alex Rickman
Zvi Cohen Scholarship Fund: Heather Sparks
French
Outstanding Student of French: Jennifer Chi, Rebecca Nicholson
Geology
Cyril Harvey Scholarship: Anne Marie Dickey, Anita Simpson
German
Outstanding Advanced German Award: Adam Clark, Victoria Shepard
Outstanding Student of Intermediate German Award: Tim Leisman
History
Algie I. and Eva M. Newlin Senior History Prize for History: Daniel Hood
Algie I. Newlin Scholarship for Rising Senior: Allison Steigerwald
Algie I. Newlin First-year Book Award: Mary Miller, Andrea Mowry
Thomas Thompson Memorial Scholarship: Brian Dooley, James Martenis, Amy McMinn, Madie Nooter, Daniel Reeves
CCE Achievement in History Award: September Akens
Justice & Policy StudiesAcademic Honors for Community & Justice Studies: Scottie Mitchell
Academic Honors for Criminal Justice: Elizabeth Schroder
Barton Parks Community Justice Award: Jeanetha Rountree
Mathematics
Nereus and Oriana Mendenhall Math Scholarship: Mikhail A. Khokhlov
Robert Clark Math Scholarship: Bernard M. PelletT
Music
Ezra H. F. Weis Award: Allison Faulkner
Philosophy
Areté Prize in Philosophy: Patchouli Butterworth-Oerther
Physics
The Adelberger Research Endowment: Nathan Knisely
Michael Jeglinski Physics Award: Melanie Corbett
Winslow Womack Research Award: Nate Knisely
Political Science
Senior Excellence Award in Political Science: Daniel Hood
Psychology
Outstanding Student in Psychology: Matthew Sinclair, Casey Vandergrift, Sara Waitsman
Religious Studies
Frederic and Margaret Crownfield Religious Studies Prize: Chesapeake First
Sociology/Anthropology
Andrew W. Gottschall Jr. Senior Excellence Award: Michaela Coleman, Devinne Melecki
Spanish
Excellence in Spanish Award: Dan Carpinetti, Mark Linville
Sport Studies
Lefty Ralls Scholarship: Brad Monroe
Outstanding Exercise and Sport Science Major: Tamara Haggerty, Preston Kick
Outstanding Sport Management Major: Wesley Chappelle, Taylor Phillips
Theatre
Donald Deagon Achievement Award: Laura Pates
